Thunderclap Drake

Thunderclap Drake

Creature — Drake

Mana cost: {1}{U}

How we read this card

Flying
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

static — costs 1 less

When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy it for each time you've cast your commander from the command zone this game. You may choose new targets for the copies.

activated {2}{U}, Sacrifice this creature —

activated {2}{U}, Sacrifice this creature — copies a spell

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, copy an instant, copy a sorcery.

Cares about: an instant is cast, a sorcery is cast, an instant it makes cheaper to cast, a sorcery it makes cheaper to cast.

Works well with

a sorcery is copied — 83 cards in the game can cause this (Thunderclap Drake is one).

When Thunderclap Drake is copied:

  1. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — brings a card back
  2. Storm-Kiln Artist — makes a token
  3. Professor Onyx — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  4. Zaffai, Thunder Conductor — scries
  5. Deekah, Fractal Theorist — makes a token
  6. Elemental Expressionist — grants a keyword
  7. Sedgemoor Witch — makes a token
  8. Witherbloom Apprentice — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  9. Jadzi, Oracle of Arcavios // Journey to the Oracle — puts a creature, artifact, enchantment, instant, sorcery, planeswalker or battle onto the battlefield
  10. Ashling, Flame Dancer — draws and discards

21 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an instant is copied — 87 cards in the game can cause this (Thunderclap Drake is one).

  1. Kalamax, the Stormsire — When Thunderclap Drake is copied, Kalamax, the Stormsire puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

31 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Thunderclap Drake is one).

When you sacrifice Thunderclap Drake:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Thunderclap Drake is one).

When you sacrifice Thunderclap Drake:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

19 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Thunderclap Drake is one).

When Thunderclap Drake is in the graveyard:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring it back
  2. Havengul Lich — can bring it back
  3. Liliana the Repentant — can bring it back
  4. Paleoloth — can bring it back
  5. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring it back
  6. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring it back
  7. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring it back
  8. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring it back
  9. Necromantic Thirst — can bring it back
  10. Krile Baldesion — can bring it back

799 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Thunderclap Drake is one).

When Thunderclap Drake dies:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  3. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  4. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  5. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  6. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  7. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  8. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  9. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — flickers itself
  10. Body Launderer — draws and discards

60 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (Thunderclap Drake is one).

When Thunderclap Drake dies:

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Meathook Massacre II — brings a card back
  6. Saffi Eriksdotter — sacrifices itself

461 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

cast a sorcery — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Sword of Once and Future — When an instant is cast thanks to Sword of Once and Future, Thunderclap Drake sacrifices itself
  2. Glamdring — When an instant is cast thanks to Glamdring, Thunderclap Drake sacrifices itself
  3. Mission Briefing — When Mission Briefing is cast, Thunderclap Drake sacrifices itself
  4. Sorcerous Squall — When Sorcerous Squall is cast, Thunderclap Drake sacrifices itself
  5. Eye of the Storm — When an instant is cast thanks to Eye of the Storm, Thunderclap Drake sacrifices itself
  6. Bilbo, Thief in the Night — When an instant is cast thanks to Bilbo, Thief in the Night, Thunderclap Drake sacrifices itself
  7. Victor Timely, Wily Tycoon — When an instant is cast thanks to Victor Timely, Wily Tycoon, Thunderclap Drake sacrifices itself
  8. Scholar of the Lost Trove — When an instant is cast thanks to Scholar of the Lost Trove, Thunderclap Drake sacrifices itself
  9. Spectral Arcanist — When an instant is cast thanks to Spectral Arcanist, Thunderclap Drake sacrifices itself
  10. Jace, Vryn's Prodigy // Jace, Telepath Unbound — When an instant is cast thanks to Jace, Vryn's Prodigy // Jace, Telepath Unbound, Thunderclap Drake sacrifices itself

3,710 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

cast an instant — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Theoretical Duplication — When Theoretical Duplication is cast, Thunderclap Drake sacrifices itself
  2. Picklock Prankster // Free the Fae — When Picklock Prankster // Free the Fae is cast, Thunderclap Drake sacrifices itself
  3. Into the Story — When Into the Story is cast, Thunderclap Drake sacrifices itself
  4. Rite of Undoing — When Rite of Undoing is cast, Thunderclap Drake sacrifices itself
  5. Will of the Naga — When Will of the Naga is cast, Thunderclap Drake sacrifices itself
  6. Logic Knot — When Logic Knot is cast, Thunderclap Drake sacrifices itself
  7. Dig Through Time — When Dig Through Time is cast, Thunderclap Drake sacrifices itself
  8. Complete the Circuit — When Complete the Circuit is cast, Thunderclap Drake sacrifices itself
  9. Synthetic Destiny — When Synthetic Destiny is cast, Thunderclap Drake sacrifices itself
  10. Sudden Insight — When Sudden Insight is cast, Thunderclap Drake sacrifices itself

3,921 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Thunderclap Drake is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When Thunderclap Drake leaves the battlefield, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

34 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Thunderclap Drake is one).

Thunderclap Drake fills your graveyard toward the:

  1. Havi, the All-Father — 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs
  2. Repentant Vampire — 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  3. Treacherous Vampire — 7 or more cards Treacherous Vampire needs

441 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Thunderclap Drake is one).

When Thunderclap Drake attacks:

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — makes a token
  2. Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
  3. Clavileño, First of the Blessed — turns something into a creature

149 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Thunderclap Drake is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Thunderclap Drake attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

226 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (Thunderclap Drake is one).

  1. Quirion Beastcaller — When Thunderclap Drake is cast, Quirion Beastcaller puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

90 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Thunderclap Drake is one).

When Thunderclap Drake enters:

  1. Boss's Chauffeur — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Dinosaur Egg — puts a counter on itself

466 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.